Dever’s book is actually something much more significant than the title may actually reveal: it is the first attempt to write about the way of life of ancient Israel (focusing in this instance on the 8th century BCE) initially based on archaeology alone as the primary data, and then and only then to bring the Biblical texts into the picture.
Monday, August 17, 2015
Review of Dever, The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel
JAMES MCGRATH: Review of William Dever, The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel.
